Last night, I along with the Nation watched the Presidential debate. The refrain that stuck with me was, “When they go low, we go higher.” Today, I’m using this phrase to reflect on all aspects of life, not just politics. Wouldn’t it be a beautiful world to live in, when we are knocked, criticized, berated and deflated that we just decide to go higher?

Imagine a time when you were told you have no choice. You were at your lowest ebb. Perhaps your spouse wanted a divorce or you found yourself financially, spiritually or emotionally bankrupt. You felt like a failure of every degree. Now imagine even worse, you are sitting in a doctors office and you receive the dreaded news that your health is poor and your prognosis is dire. Imagine that the doctors are directing that debilitating news about your newborn child who has no voice or ability to stake his or her claim in their desire to fight. Sometimes in life, you simple have no choice. When the news is so grim and low, your only option is to go higher.

Go Higher. That is exactly what my sister, and co-blogger, Tracie did as a new mother in a foreign country some 32 years ago. To this day, I marvel at her determination after recently moving abroad, not comprehending the challenging German language, and without the support of friends and family to embrace. I recall as if it were only yesterday when we received the frantic call from overseas. Tracie was inconsolable, the doctors had mandated not to give her son nourishment and let him die. My parents had recently returned state-side after the celebration of their first grandchild. Blindsided, we had not seen this coming. The pregnancy was uneventful and my sister had delivered the first offspring of our family. Daddy had held Marc high and proclaimed ‘Man Child.’ After raising three daughters, he was thrilled to have a grandson.

Suddenly with this news, our worlds so far apart but intertwined, collapsed. What choice did my sister have? Fight or flight? Again, I just watched the debate and some things in life are not debatable.

In her newly released memoir, Incompatible with Nature, you will go on a journey that will leave you believing in the power of prayer and miracles, fortitude and determination.

Tracie and my nephew have not only gone higher, they have soared!
Throughout the years, many friends have heard about this journey of my nephew being born with a rare heart condition, Heterotaxy Syndrome. All have been enamored with the handsome, witty, smart, athletic, headstrong man that Marc has evolved into.
Now you can read the story in detail and I promise whatever challenges you might be facing, you will agree as I quote and agree with Dr, Gillor “Tracie is my hero. May many parents learn from her experience.”

A special thanks today to all my friends who have bought the book- some multiple copies. Let’s continue to share this book and get it in everyone’s hands. Please post on your page or social media. Someone, somewhere needs the encouragement right now.

Go Higher… It’s Not Debatable
www.tracieymayer.com